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Ernest Simion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Serjeant, The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.
2nd Wing
Service number: 13803084
Died 20 Sep 1944
Buried Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Age 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ernest (Ernst) was born on 8 August 1920 in Berlin, Germany to Gunter and Eva. No further details are known about his family. Ernest escaped Germany in 1939 and worked as a mechanic in Co. Down Northern Ireland. He was interned as an Enemy Alien in Belfast before being released on 17 April 1940. He joined the Pioneer Corps and later the REME. He joined the Glider Pilot Regiment and was co-pilot to Staff Sergeant Ronald Gibson. In a letter in the AJEX archives Ronald Gibson describes the events. ‘I only knew ‘Sim’ for a very short time, but what I knew I liked. We had a smooth flight over Holland on Sept 17th. We had a jeep, an anti-tank gun and two of the gun crew from the Border Regiment. As we passed over the Dutch coast we ran into some flak. Out tug pilot pulled us into cloud to avoid it. We approached the landing zone at Arnhem and could see big fires blazing. We released from 3,000 ft and had to weave through a host of gliders to land. After touching down in a ploughed field on the side of a pine wood, we unloaded the jeep and gun and drove to the rendezvous point whilst people in the village of Wolfheze waved, cheered and pushed fruit into our rucksacks. Down the village streets we came across snipers and an armoured car. We took up positions in gardens and then moved to the edge of a wood where we dug ourselves foxholes. I was separated from Sim during intense firing from the enemy. I met up with him again and we moved to Oosterbeek Park where we dug ourselves in. Sim was in a foxhole about 50 yards from mine and all through the night we were mortared. On the early morning of Wednesday a party of Jerrys suddenly burst through the corner of the woods where Sim was and threw some grenades into the backs of the trenches. Another party of SS troops dashed across the road and killed or wounded them with submachine guns and grenades. I never saw Sim again after I made a dash back to the rest of our squadron.’ <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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